Coin-controlled talking machine



June 22 1926.

S. PERRON com CONTROLLED TALKING MACHINE Filed Jan. 5, 1921 5 Sheets-$heet 1 June 22 1926. 1,589,424

s. PERRON com CONTROLLED- TALKING MACHINE Filed Jan. 5, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Irv/671102".

June 22 -1926.

' S. PERRON com CONTROLLED TALKING mcnmn Filed Jan. 5, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented June 22, 1926.

's-AiurriiL Pea-3.0a, or mnnoii'. MASSACHUSETTS; ssIeNoR 'ro" ALE A DER STEINERT; o'F"f'B'0s'ron', MASSACHUSETTS.

cone-downtime Application filed L Jannary This inventionrelatesto talking machines and has rman object to provide a talking machine with a simple 'ancl-eflicient=means b "which it is *caused aiitomatically to preseam-he contents of a "record upon "the depo sition of a proper coin in a suitable rec'epta'cle a ndto repeat the" presentation 1 for each coin deposited.-

"lliiS inventidn has -par'ticular' reference to talking machines" adapted "to present the 'coiit eii-ts'o fdisc' records and a further ob j-ect I'is' to -p-rov ide a disc-record machine with coin-controlled nieansby which it is caused to repeat the presentation of the contents IA ;:tiirtherobject is to provide existing clisc record machines with coin-governed starting, stopping and repeatingmeans as Tan" attachment;

Existing 'clisc' re'c'ord machines are provided with a controlling element by which 'tlie inacliin e is started may be provided with a repeatingattachment by whic'h the machine is adapted repeatedly to 'present the contents of its recordf and a further ob ect 'is to provide means toop'erate said controlling element whichis a'rra n'geclto be governed by a coinoperated device and also ponentof" the talking-machine.

A fiii'tlienobject is generally to-nnprove ot-h e constriiction and operation of coin-com trolled, automatically-repmtting talking machi-lies.

F 1 is aperspective View of a disc rec- 0rd *cabinet talking machine embodying my invention;

Y "Fi 'lfl' is a diagrammatic representation "(it th s essentialelementsof the talking machine and the'controlling system therefor embodying my invention.

Fig; 3 is a plan detail of the talking machine of 1.

Fig 4' is a" front elevation of the controlling means for the starting-and stopping level of the talking machine in 'thenormal' orunoperate'd position thereof;

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the controlling meansi'i an operated position.

*FigiG-is aside elevation; in detail, of the tone arm of the talking machine and the ti ine ai'ln"controlled switch forthe (patrol Rag ime-ans illasttated in sec'ti on i and stopped, and

by a nova'ble comrarixme MACHINE:

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Fig. 8 is .a perspectivev-iew ,ofthe re-' peating attachment.

F 9 .san enlargedidetail, partly in'section, ofthe' raising and lowering'screw and associated elements of the repeating attachment; V

l lig lO-"is a sectional detail ot-a' coinreoeptac'le. As here shown, my: invention-isapplied to a disc-record cabinet T talking; machine 1 of the Victor type although it is applicable to other-machines.

The talkinginachine comprises the cabinet 10 having" the floor 11 in the top-portion thereof above which the're'coid-ftiirnetahle 12*is rotatably supported. The usual tone- .arm 13 is pivotally supported by the floor at one side of and ismovably vextended above the turn-table. A starting and :stop- .p'in'guelement comprising a nianuallyppercable lever 14 is supported vabove thefloor adjacent the periphery of the turn-table and' is-a rrange'd to engage and release the turn-table; in a spring-propelledunachine. to stop movement of the turntable-or :to permit -to"r0ta te,- and to control a suit- .able' motor-switchxi'ftheflniachine is electrically operated;

Turn-table operating mechanism is dis- :posed below and concealed by thefloor of the cabinet.

It is highly desirable that all possible operating and control elements of the machine be concealed and for this-purpose the controlling-me'chanism, which comprises a parthof my invention, is disposed beneath the floor 1'1.

Inflcarrying out my invention, I- provide t-Wo'means' by Whichto govern" the operation-of the machine. One of said means comprises a coin-receptacle which i'may be attached to-thecabinet of the machine or may be remotely disposed withrespe'ct thereto as herein illustrated. :Said receptacle may have the electric contactsmembers of a switch therein which are adapted to be moved and momentarily heldlin electrical engagement'upon the deposition of a coin in the receptacle whereby to cause the talking machine to begin the presentation of itheicontents of its record; Saidother means of the machine and may operate to stop the machine after the finish of the presentation of the contents of the record and preferably after the reproducer has been returned to the beginning of the story on the record but also preferably before it has again engaged the record.

The controlling-mechanism adapted to be operated by said governing means is disposed below and supported by said floor 11 and is arranged to move the starting and stopping lever 14 in one direction to start or stop the record turn-table when governed by one of said governing means and to move said lever 14 in the opposite direction to stop or start the record turntable when governed by said other means.

Said controlling-mechanism comprises the supporting or back-board 16 secured to the under side of said floor 11 by screws 17 and disposed, preferably, in one corner of the cabinet as indicated in the dotted lines, Fig. 3.

The floor 11 is formed with a slot 18 therein disposed below said lever 14 and a cam-member 19 is pivoted on the post 20 to said back-board 16 beneath said slot. Said lever 14 is formed with a hole 21 therethrough and said cam-member is provided with an extension 22 which is loosely received in said hole. An angular movement of said cam-member about its pivot from one extreme position to the other in one direction serves to move said lever 14 from starting to stopping position and a movement to the extreme position in the reverse direction serves to move said lever from stopping to starting position. The lower face of said cam-member is formed with two V-shaped cam-recesses 23 and 23 therein on each side of the middle V-shaped projection 24, the apex of which is substair tially in line with the pivot and extension 22 of the cam-member. The operating means for said cam-member includes the electro-magnet 25 secured to said backboard 16 and the armature 26 of said electromagnet which is pivotally disposed below the poles of the electro-magnet on the pin 27 and normally rests in retracted position against the stop 28. Said armature. is formed with an extension 29 which rests against the lower face of or is otherwise, preferably pivotally, secured to aslide mem-- ber 30.; and said. member is vertically movably disposed beneath said cam member 19 in the guide ways 31 carried by the bacl' board 16. Said guide-member has a cam-engaging member 32 extended upwardly therefrom and pivotally connected thereto at 33. A spring-element 34 secured to said members 30 and 32 serves normally to hold them in alignment and will permit said member 32 to be angular-1y displaced about its pivot, as illustrated in Fig.

Said cam-member 19 is adapted normally to be in one or the other extreme position. Assuming it to be originally in the position illustrated in Fig. 4, the energization of said electro-magnet 25 caused by one of its governing means will cause the armature 26 to move the slide-member 3O upwardly and 3 cause the extremity of the member 32 to enter the cam-recess 23 and contact with the bottom thereof, said member 32 pivoting on its member 30 for this purpose. A further upward movement of said member will cause said cam-member 19 to be rotated clock-wise on its pivot to move the starting and stopping lever 14, into, say stopping position, as indicated in Fig. 5. The governing means are arranged but momentarily to cause the energization of said electro-magnet 25 and when the control-circuit is interrupted, said slide member 34 will return by gravity to its low or retracted position. Said cam-member 19 now presents its other cam-recess 23 to be engaged by the member 32 and the succeeding operation of the electro-magnet due to the control thereof by the other governing means, will cause said cam-member to be moved in a counter-clockwise direction to move the lever 14 to, say, starting position.

For spring-propeller talking machines said starting and stopping lever 14 may be provided with a brake-arm 35 having a brakeshoe 36 at the extremity thereof which is adapted frictionally to engage the inner periphery of the rim of the record turntable to hold it against rotation and when said shoe is free from the turn-table said table is free to rotate. F or talking machines operated by an electric motor, said lever 14 may also have the brake-arm 35 and in addition is arranged to operate a switch which is adapted to control the circuit including the motor of the talking machine. As here shown, the switch comprises the contact members 37 and 38 disposed beneath the floor 11 and included in the motor circuit 39 wherein the motor is represented at 39. A cam 40 fixed on the lower end of the pivot 41 of said lever 14 beneath the floor is adapted to move said switch-members into closed position to cause the motor to operate.

The coin-receptacle comprising one of the governing means for the controlling-mechanism may comprise the box 45 having a coin chute 46 therein which is open at its upper end to receive a coin of suitable denomination. A movable switch member 47 is disposed bejec'ti'on 65 which is slot r01 engagement with the ma ma :nea'th the innenendbfthe coin chiitefand i's'ada'pted to'be depressed by'the weight of a coin falling upon itinto Contact with "a stationary switch niemhen' LS which is dis- .pos'ed below said movable member thereby to complete the control circuit 49 il'ic'li'i'ding the electro-niagnet'25 and the source of en'- ergy 50 which latter may comprisea fewdry cells contained in the cabinet of the talking machine. The coin chu'te has a slot 51'in the lower end of a side wall thereof through which the coin is adaptedto' roll from the movable switch member into th e 'botjtom' olthe 'box' and the movableswitch member 47 is thereupon raised bythe counter-weight '52 or equivalent intonormal positionfre'e from contact with the stationary switch member. The switch members are 'biit 'momegntarily in engagement butthe duration of contact is made sufficient to canseop'eratron of the controlling. mechanism.

The talking 'l'IlEtCl'llDQ s "provided with means automatically to return the -repro duc er thereof to the beginning of the story on the record.

Said means includes the attachment including the cylinder 55ada'pted removably to be securedto that portion of the turntable shaft '56 extended above the turn-table. Said; cylinder. is formed with the reverse screw threads 57 and '58 communicating with theannular groove 59 in the lower portion thereof. 'A casing 60 loosely encloses said I cylinder and its lowerend is secured to a curved arniGl which ex'tends over and above the 'turntable and any record thereon and its end is secured to the floor 11 through the adjusting serew'62. Said casin 60' is formed with the vertical slot "63 therein and the end of a second and similarly curved arm 64 encircles said casing and has a proextended t'hrough said screw threads 57 and 58 of sa-id'cylinder 55. .Said arnitS i extends above said. arm {61 and is pivoted to the frame66 carried by said adjusting screw 62. Said arms are disposed below the tone arm 13 and sald tone arm is adapted to rest'upon and slide'over said upper arm 64. YVhen the reproducer is playing the re cord the upper arm 64 is adapted to rest in ahorizontal position with the projectionthereof in the groove 59 in the cylinder 55. ,Wheh the reproducer'has arrived atthe end of'the record jthe arm Mis -automatically tilted upward for engagement with one of said threads as 58, and said rotating-cylinder thereupon raises the innerend of said arm and causes thetone arm to slide downwardly thereon toward the beginning of the "record.

The arm Get will then descend in the other screw thread, as 57, and ordinarily, will' lower the re reducer into engagement with f th'e 'recordfl erebyfto cause the presentation of the contents thereof automatically to be repeated. A pastes-l vee as which is adjustably recei edin the s'lot h'9 of said lower arm 61 is adapted to be engaged 'by-the tone mm as it is movedby t'he'record and tilted toiai'sethe upper arm 64intoengagement witlrthe screw-threadsof the, cylinder 5'5; anda' stOp-m'em ber TO adj'us tablealong the length of said upper arm 64 serves'ito osition the tone-arm for the engagement of the reproduce-r with the-beginning of 't'he' s't'oi'y on the record; I

The tone-arm 13, as it slides" downsaid arm 64 is adapted to operate the other governingmeans forthe controlling" mechanisin and cause the turn ta ble to 'be'stopped before the repro'ducer has again engaged the record. V

The second governing means wisp-rises the switch enclosed in the msing 71" and disposed on the floor 11 to' one-sideof the turn-table 12 and under thetone a'r'm.

Said switclnmay comprise the'stationary switch member' or post 72 and the-movable switch member 73 pivotally""connected at 74 to the insulating base '75 and-*eXtendedbutleases itythereby to open the control circuit. As said tone-arni -is 'movedforward onits playing stroke, said pin77 is adapted to engage'said member73 and moveit away from the stationary switch member 72 'againstthe wall ofthe slot76..in the casing and then move "clear of it, dive to the flexing of said movable switch 'n'iemberl Said switch 'is conne 'cted in multiplewith 'said coin-receptacle in the control circuit 49 and ateach operation willcause theoperation of the controlling mechanism -1ncluding the electr0-magnet25. Said switch is so disposed with reference tothe tonearm that said tonearm will close the switch. to stop the rotation of tl1e tLrrn-'table preferably 'beforesaid "arm 64 of the repeating deviee"'has" begun to lower the reproducer toWard thereoord.

The variouscomponents-of the apparatus are so arranged that normally the machine is at rest with the repr'od'ucer in raised position above'the beginning of the story on the record. The"act of depositing a coin in the coin-boxers servestocl'ose momem tarily the switch members 47 and i8 thereby to energize the electroanagnet 25. The starting and stopping lever 14: is thereupon. moved away from engagement with the turn-table if the machine is a spring-operated machine, and closes the switch comprising the contact arms 37 and 38 it the machine is electrically driven, thereby to close the motor circuit to cause the turn table to be rotated.

The reproducer is moved by the record inwardly from the periphery thereof on the playing stroke and eventually engages the trip-lever G8. .ll he repeating or reproducerreturning device is thereby set in operation and the tone-arm is caused to slide down the arm M by gravity and return to its normal position against the stop 70. in its movement down said arm it engages and closes momentarily the switch comprising the switch members '72 and T3. The controlling mechanism including the electromagnet 25 is thereupon again operated to move the starting and stopping lever l t into engagement with the turn-table or break the motor circuit, or both, and stop the machine with the reproducer in raised position above the beginning of the story on the record.

The deposition of a second coin in the coin receptacle will cause the machine to operate on a second cycle of operations which will be repeated for each coin deposited.

A plurality of coin receptacles may be provided if desired which will be connected in multiple or otherwise in the control circuit 49 and disposed conveniently about the room containing the talking machine.

I claim:

1. A talking machine having the combination of a reproducer, raising and lower ing means for the reproducer automatically operable to raise the reproducer from the record at the end of the story thereon and transfer it into position above the beginning of the story, said means including means which can be set to vary the position of the reproducer on the record at which said raising means becomes effective, electrically-actuated starting and stopping means for the machine, remotely-disposed means governing the operation of said elec trically-actuated starting and stopping means to etlect the starting of the machine.

and means controlled by the movement of the reproduce]? to govern said electricallyactuated starting and stopping means to effect the stopping of the machine with the reproducer in position above the beginning of the story on the record and free from engagement with the record. 1

2. A talking machine having a control lever movable into one position to start the machine and movable into a second position to stop the machine, electioresponsive means to move said lever alternately into both positions and dual means to govern said electro-responsive means.

3. A talking machine arranged to repeatedly present the contents of a record having a control lever movable into one position to start the machine and movable into a second. position to stop the machine, electroresponsive means to move said lever alternately into both positions, and dual means arranged alternately to govern said electroresponsive means.

t. A disc record talking machine comprising a floor, a turn-table rotatably mounted above said floor, a tone-arm movably disposed above said turn-table, a starting and stopping lever pivotally supported above said floor, electro-responsive means disposed below said floor having a component operatively engaged with said lever to move it into starting and stopping positions, means to control said electro-responsive means to start the machine and means governed by a movable element of said machine to control said electro-responsive means to stop the machii e.

5. sin attachment for disc-record talking machines having a movable element and a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising electro-responsive means removably connected with said starting and stopping lever, and constructed and arranged to move said lever alternately between starting and stopping positions, means, to operate said electro-responsive means for the starting of the machine, and a device arranged to be governed by the movable element of the nachine to operate said electro-responsive means for the stopping of the machine.

6. An attachment for disc-record talking machines having a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising electro-re sponsive means removably connected with said starting and stopping lever, and con.- structed and arranged to move said lever alternately between starting and stopping positions, a manually operable switch to control the energization of said electroresponsive means for the starting of the machine, and a switch governed by the tonearm of the machine to control the energi- Zation of said electro-responsive means for the stopping of the machine.

7. An attachment for a discrecord talking machine having a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising a pivoted lever adapted for removable connection with said starting and stopping lever, electro-- responsive means to move said lever alternately in both directions, and dual means to govern the operation of said electro-responsive means.

, 8. An attachment for disc-record talking machines having a starting and stoppin lever, said attaclnnent comprising pivoted.

cam-lever arranged for removable engagement with said starting and stopping lever, said lever being formed with two contiguous cam-notches, and electro-responsive means engageable alternately with both of said notches to move said camlever alternately in both directions.

9. An attachment for disc-record talking machines having a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising a pivoted cam-lever arranged for removable engagement with said starting and stopping lever, said cam-lever being formed with two, cont-iguous cam-notches, a slide engageable alternately with said cam-notches and electro-responsive means to operate said slide.

10. An attachment for disc-record talking machines having a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising a pivoted cam-lever arranged for removable engagement with said starting and stopping lever, said cam-lever beingformed with two contiguous cam-notches, a slide engageable alternately with said cam-notches, said slide having two pivotally connected components and means to maintain said components normally in alignment, and electro-responsive means to operate said slide.

11. An attachment for disc-record talking machines having a starting and stopping lever, said attachment comprising a pivotec cam-lever arranged for removable engagement with said starting and stopping lever, said cam-lever being formed with two contiguous cam-notches, a slide alternately engageable with said cam-notches, said slide havin two pivotally connected components and means to maintain said' components normally in alignment, ways in which said slide is movable and an electro-magnet having its armature in engagement with said slide whereby to operate it.

12. A talking machine having a floor, a turn-table adapted to receive a disc record rotatably supported above said floor, a tonearm pivot-ally supported above said turntable, a starting and stopping lever pivotally supported above said floor, electro-responsive means disposed beneath said floor having a component extended through a slot therein and connected with said lever to move it to start and stop the machine, a switch supported on said floor beneath said tone-arm arranged to be operated by said tone-arm on its return stroke to control said electro-responsive means to stop the machine, and a second switch arranged to operate said electro-responsive means to start the machine.

13. A talking machine having a control lever movable into one position to start the machine and movable into a second position to stop the machine, electro-responsive means to move said lever alternately into both positions, and means for governing the operation of said electro-responsive means including means governed by a movable element of the machine.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL PERRON. 

